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Issues with dialouts to the recent teleconference / improvements to call quality
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 26, 2008

Feb. 26, 2008

Dear All: As you know, there were issues with dialouts for the most recent conference call on the 26th. In large part, this is due to the fact that dialouts were requested less than 24 hours (indeed in some cases much less than 24 hours) before the call. This in turn was probably due at least partly to the fact that the reminder of the call was issued rather close to the call date. In future, we will ensure that all call reminders are published a week in advance. At that point, we will ask you to either use the web form at the time of the call to have an automated dial out performed, or to ask us to have a dialout performed - but in order to act on a request to have the service dial out to you which is NOT made using the web form we will need to receive this not less than 48 hours before the start time of the meeting. Note that using the web form to request a dial out at the meeting start time is highly preferred - in no small measure because this is more convenient for you. This allows you to have the service dial out to you at the number of your choice at the start of the meeting. A few reminders in order to ensure call audio quality: 1. Do not call in, or ask the service to call you, on mobile telephones. If you cannot be indoors when a teleconference is going on, it is better to send your apologies, as the level of noise that a mobile telephone call causes when out of doors, especially in urban environments usually greatly degrades the call for everyone. In addition, the harmonics of mobile telephony on teleconferences tends to degrade the line for everyone even when indoors. 2. Do not use Skype or VoIP telephony to call into the conference - or ask the service to dial out to you on a SkypeIn number. VoIP and teleconferences cause real problems with the audio, often causing very serious echoing for multiple participants. 3. Please mute yourself when you are on the call if you are not speaking. This of course prevents ambient noise from affecting the calls - On our service, mute is turned on with *6, and turned off with *7. 4. Most speakerphones (especially less expensive ones) are designed in such a way that they can also negatively impact teleconference quality. If you are going to use one, please put yourself on mute when listening, and pickup the receiver when speaking. I hope this is all useful - do let me know if you have any questions or thoughts. -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director for At-Large Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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Vice Chair nomination
by Izumi AIZU Feb. 26, 2008

Feb. 26, 2008

Dear all, I like to nominate Karaitiana Taiuru from Aotearoa Māori Internet Organisation, New Zealand, to be the Vice Chair of APRALO. He is willing, dedicated and capable and accepted my nomination already. See more about him here: http://www.taiuru.maori.nz/ As I said in our just-finihsed informal conference call, I am in favor of having two Vice Chairs, so that we have more working capability. But instead of waiting for changing our bylaws, I guess we need to select one VC first. thanks, izumi

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] APRALO Teleconference for February 2006
by Izumi AIZU Feb. 26, 2008

Feb. 26, 2008

I will join from Tokyo. izumi 2008/2/26, isochk(a)gmail.com <isochk(a)gmail.com>: > > > > > I will be joining from Taipei. > > Edmon

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APRICOT, AP* and Monthly Conf Call
by Izumi AIZU Feb. 22, 2008

Feb. 22, 2008

Hi, I am going to join APRICOT leaving Tokyo tomorrow and join the AP* meeting on Sunday, will make a presentation on behalf of APRALO, as agreed at ICANN Delhi meeting. I will come back to Tokyo on Monday evening thus should be able to attend the APRALO monthly conf call. Bilal, Nick, and others, are we going to have the conf call on Tuesday, Feb 26? If so could you please send the announcement/agenda asap? thanks, izumi

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Welcome Matthias Langenegger to the ICANN At-Large Staff
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 22, 2008

Feb. 22, 2008

Dear all: It is my pleasure to introduce you to Matthias Langenegger, who has just joined the At-Large staff in the Policy Unit as At-Large Coordination Officer. He’ll be helping support the global At-Large community in scheduling, meeting support and logistics, servicing information requests, minuting meetings, and helping keep the websites and community communications tools (like the new membership system) up- to-date amongst other essential tasks. Many of you may know Matthias from the IGF Secretariat, where he interned throughout much of 2007 - while there he assisted in the preparations for the Rio de Janeiro Internet Governance Forum in November 2007, coordinating the sessions schedule and providing logistical coordination. He also assisted in the assessment process for the different workshop and best practice proposals. Before and during his university education, he worked in different office environments such as banks and a small language school. He is originally from the German-speaking part of Switzerland and is a native German speaker who is fluent in English and French. He also speaks fair Catalan and Spanish having lived in Barcelona for a year. Matthias recently graduated from the Graduate Institute of International Relations at the University of Geneva and holds an MA in international relations. He lives in Geneva. Continuing the tradition of very long email addresses amongst the At-Large staff, he can be reached at matthias.langenegger(a)icann.org (or, in short form, matthias(a)icann.org ). For those who, like me, often produce inaccurate pronunciations of others’ names, his forename is pronounced “muhteeahs” :) Please welcome him aboard. We’re very glad to have him! -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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ICANN.org Announcement: Asia-Pacific Internet Users Big Part of ICANNs New Delhi Meeting
by Nick Ashton-Hart Feb. 15, 2008

Feb. 15, 2008

Asia-Pacific Internet Users Big Part of ICANN's New Delhi Meeting http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-14feb08.htm Ceremony recognizes Regional At-Large Organization, first Asia-Pacific At-Large General Assembly 14 February 2008 NEW DELHI, INDIA: Individual Internet users from Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands have direct input into the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a fact recognized today with the ceremonial signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between ICANN and the Internet user groups who participate in the Asia-Pacific Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO). The APRALO conducted its first General Assembly as a part of ICANN's 31st International Public Meeting in New Delhi. They discussed issues that will affect Internet users throughout the region and the world. The Internet user groups who are a part of APRALO are incredibly diverse, and include users from India, Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the United Arab Emirates. "Today's ceremony recognizes the ICANN community's success in creating a formal, global structure to help ensure ideas and feedback from individual Internet users around the world is heard in our policy processes," said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN's President and CEO. "ICANN's work to introduce a process for applying for new top level domains – the part after the dot – especially those using the more than 100,000 characters from the languages of the world which do not use the Latin character set – will benefit from formal inputs through the Regional At-large Organizations worldwide. The Asia-Pacific RALO is a key contributor to this process." There are now more than 100 user groups taking part in ICANN's five Regional At-large Organizations, or RALOs, from the Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Europe, and Africa. APRALO was created on 30 March 2007 and has been informing the region's individual Internet users about ICANN activities and providing advice to ICANN on their behalf for nearly a year. The RALOs have direct input to ICANN, especially through the international At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), which represents Internet users in ICANN and whose members are chosen largely by the RALOs. "ICANN's ongoing coordination of the domain name system, and its policy work, has a large impact on the Internet and the more than one billion people around the world who use it – and the billions more who should be able to use it," said Cheryl Langdon-Orr, ALAC Chair. "By bringing together Internet users from across the globe, the RALOs are at the heart of ensuring that users have a say on what's happening at ICANN." More information on the participation of individual Internet users in ICANN is available at http://alac.icann.org/ -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart Director, At-Large ICANN Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 USA Tel: +1 (202) 657-5460 Fax: +41 (22) 595 85 44 mobile: +41 (79) 595 54 68 email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart

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[Fwd: Re: [ALAC-Internal] Proposed ALAC-statement regarding JPA]
by Jacqueline A.Morris Feb. 14, 2008

Feb. 14, 2008

Dear All, Please see the draft below of a proposed At Large statement on the JPA. Time is short - the deadline is tomorrow, but as much participation as possible is the At Large way, so please do what you can re comments. Jacqueline >> Annette Muehlberg wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> i think by replacing the last paragraph we could, wihtout dismissing other >> positions, reach a consensus. please have a look at the last alternative >> paragraph. >> >> warm greetings >> >> annette >> >> >> >> >> >> Proposed ALAC-statement regarding JPA: >> >> As the JPA (between the US Government and ICANN) is under Review, ALAC >> wishes to underline the unique opportunity the occasion offers to realize >> the original goals that led to the formation of ICANN. These include, inter >> alia, acknowledgement of the international nature of ICANN, support of the >> multi-stakeholder bottom-up approach to the management of ICANN, and the >> provision of viable and stable channels for the involvement of individual >> Internet users in the ICANN policy formation process. Measures must be >> implemented to ensure non-discriminatory availability of ICANN/IANA services >> as well as the opportunity for the involvement of global individual users in >> the ICANN process. >> >> In its role as the voice of the individual Internet users, ALAC firmly >> believes that the current multi-stakeholder framework at ICANN should be >> further strengthened to allow more proactive involvement of end-users. The >> process to full participation of individual users through the ALAC/RALO >> (Regional At-Large Organization) mechanism is being undertaken at this >> moment. There is, however, a lack of incentives for the participants, >> especially a lack of direct involvement at the decision-making levels of >> ICANN. Therefore, we think that ICANN should find ways to implement adequate >> representation of individual users at the decision-making levels of ICANN so >> that a real multi-stakeholder framework is achieved. >> >> In addition, we believe that no government should have a pre-eminent role in >> DNS management and exercise power over database changes and root-server >> data. We suggest that an institutional form should be found as soon as >> possible so that ICANN does not lie under the authority of any single >> national legislation. We also strongly advocate transparency and openness in >> the process of making any structural change in the ICANN framework for the >> coming transition. >> >> However, at this mid-term review phase, we do not believe the organization >> is ready to function without a similar accountability mechanism to the JPA >> in place. >> >> >> Alternative replacing the last paragraph: >> >> We are concerned that the successor oversight framework is still not clear >> and ICANN needs to clarify the transitional arrangements with regard to >> accountability and transparency as well as to allow further definition and >> evolution of the multi-stakeholder model of governance under which it >> operates. >> >> >> > > >

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Fwd: [EURO-Discuss] EURALO Delhi report 4
by Izumi AIZU Feb. 14, 2008

Feb. 14, 2008

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wolf Ludwig <wolf.ludwig(a)comunica-ch.net> Date: 2008/02/14 15:21 Subject: [EURO-Discuss] EURALO Delhi report 4 To: Europe disc at large <euro-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Cc: "Beau\"@shared-server.net" <"Brendler,>, Brenbe(a)consumer.org Hi all, Yesterday (Wednesday) morning I participated in the open GNSO Council Meeting trying to get familiar with this body and the variety of subjects of its six constituencies. The debate comprised issues like domain tasting, new gTLDs, IDNs and changes to the GNSO's structure and the GNSO Improvements report submitted by the Board Governance Committee (BGC) early February 08. In the afternoon I followed Workshops on the IPv6 Update, Translation Policy and the Operating Plan. In the evening ALAC plus Secretariats had cocktails and hors d'oeuvres with members of the GNSO Council. In this report I would like to share a comment of the Consumer Union of the US on ICANN's Joint Project Agreement (JPA) which is supported by many at ALAC with you: ___ COMMENTS OF CONSUMER REPORTS WEBWATCH, Consumers Union of the U.S., On ICANN Joint Project Agreement with U.S. Commerce Department February 14, 2008 Consumer Reports WebWatch of the Consumers Union, representing 9 million consumers in the United States and Canada, supports ICANN's efforts to evolve and move forward toward an existence apart from the JPA agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce. However, at this mid-term review phase, we do not believe the organization is ready to function without a similar accountability mechanism to the JPA in place. Major changes need to occur within the organization to assure more efficient and meaningful user community representation, with long-term guarantees that such representation would endure unforeseen scenarios in the future. Our justifications for this position are simple: First, we do not believe the structure of ICANN as it exists today sufficiently takes into account the needs and opinions of end-users. Based on a review of operational documents and bylaws, we do not see any sort of language guaranteeing meaningful user participation into the future. To address this issue, Consumers Union believes the at-large community needs multiple seats on the ICANN board; the initial bylaws, in fact, called for fully half the board to be elected by the at-large. We base this opinion on Consumer Reports WebWatch's own 11-month experience as an "at-large structure" recruited by ICANN, and our eight months' experience as an elected representative to the at-large advisory committee.__Second, though the outreach work of ICANN at-large staff Nick Ashton-Hart and Kieran McCarthy is commendable, ICANN's staff and public communications budget is insufficient to address a much larger problem of outreach. To elaborate: Currently, the NA-RALO is made up of a scant handful of organizations. While these are valuable partners, in no way could the NA-RALO be characterized as a viable representation of a broad-based user community in the United States and Canada. Further, many consumer organizations in the United States with a mission that includes the intersection of technology and consumer issues, remain skeptical of ICANN's intentions and its viability as an organization that takes consumer views into account. Until something is done to bridge this gap and ICANN demonstrates its good intentions and long-term structural viability to organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and others, we do not believe ICANN can be considered to be acting in accordance with the concerns of the user community in North America.__In addition, there are no guarantees beyond mention in the bylaws that the "at-large community," itself currently under review, would remain a part of the ICANN structure 20 or even 10 years from now. The at-large advisory committee is without a vote in any meaningful policy forum. Without direct user community representation on the ICANN board, we do not believe ICANN is truly acting as a "multi-stakeholder" organization. We are concerned, in fact, that ICANN does sees itself as a multi-stakeholder organization, with industry, government, and industry groups as the stakeholders. It does not help matters much that many within the ICANN community view domain name registrants as the Internet's "end-users," and therefore the farthest realm the ICANN needs to reach. Until these issues are addressed we do not believe the organization is ready to progress beyond the JPA, which refers to "the global participation of all stakeholders" and "mechanisms for involvement of those affected by the ICANN policies." As the Internet-using public is a key set of stakeholders affected by ICANN's policies, it is critical, including for Internet security and stability, that the organization be accountable to the public and account effectively for its input. We believe the following three things need to happen in order for ICANN to move forward beyond the JPA: 1. Address lack of meaningful user representation, and assure its long-term viability within the organization, by creating multiple "user community" seats on the ICANN board. 2. Allocate significant budget to get the message that it has done so, out to civil society stakeholder groups in North America and the global user community. 3. Take administrative steps to ensure the long-term structural existence of user community presence and participation in decision-making. We appreciate the opportunity to comment. Beau Brendler, Director, Consumer Reports WebWatch, and member, ICANN at-large advisory committee ___ The complete schedule for ICANN's 31st meeting, as well as links to webcast sessions and our public participation website, can be found at: http://delhi.icann.org/. So far, Best regards from Delhi, Wolf comunica-ch phone +41 79 204 83 87 www.comunica-ch.net http://blog.allmend.ch - Digitale Allmend _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.… Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org -- >> Izumi Aizu << Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita Kumon Center, Tama University, Tokyo Japan * * * * * << Writing the Future of the History >> www.anr.org

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Re: [APAC-Discuss] Introducing Reza
by Izumi AIZU Feb. 14, 2008

Feb. 14, 2008

You are most welcome . izumi 2008/2/14, Reza Salim <rezasalim02(a)yahoo.com>: > Many thanks Izumi. > Reza > > > Izumi AIZU <iza(a)anr.org> wrote: > > I like to introduce Mr. Reza Salim to our fellow APRALO members, since he > came to the ICANN Delhi meeting now, and will come to our ALAC meeting > today. He intends to apply for ALS, with this Bangladesh Amader Gram ICT > for Development Project. Reza has been involved with WSIS heavily from > Bangladesh, as a member of civil society Internet governance caucus and > other topic areas. > > Warm welcome, Reza! > > izumi > > > > ________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > -- >> Izumi Aizu << Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita Kumon Center, Tama University, Tokyo Japan * * * * * << Writing the Future of the History >> www.anr.org

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PICISOC re JPA
by leslie.allinson＠gmail.com Feb. 14, 2008

Feb. 14, 2008

ALAC Reps Further to consultation with board members of PICISOC there is agreement regarding the direction of ICANN with respect to the mid term review of JPA. There should be no control (oversight) by the US government or any other single or group of governments and the GAC can continue to provide the necessary participatory process. Furthermore, there should definitely be no control (oversight) by the UN or any UN body. ICANN should be the mechanism or vehicle for global co-ordination where ALS's though the RALOs and then ALAC can provide the bottom up guidance and participation. The JPA should be terminated as soon as possible through a process that ensures the transition to ICANN's co-ordination role is both effective and sustainable. Finally PICISOC supports the proposed submission by ISOC from Bill Graham via email of 8 February 2008 where the text follows: ============= start ============= [Chapter-delegates] [FYI] ISOC position on the ICANN Joint Project Agreement Bill Graham <graham(a)isoc.org> 8 February 2008 03:48 To: Chapter Delegates chapter-delegates(a)elists.isoc.org Dear Colleagues, In advance of the ICANN meeting in Delhi next week, I would like to share with you an overview of the comments ISOC is planning to submit to the United States Department of Commerce Notice of Inquiry on the mid-term review of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between DoC and ICANN. This position is based on ISOC principles and builds on past submissions. We continue to support a transition to a private sector model for administration of the domain name system, and we continue to be supportive of ICANN's efforts as they evolve to this model. When the JPA was created in September 2006 it had two parts: • the agreement itself and • an annex written by the ICANN Board. The annex contained 10 commitments that the Board voluntarily made to the US government. The present mid-term review was also promised in the JPA. Some, including ICANN itself, seem to think it is possible that the JPA could be terminated at the mid-term. Others see obstacles – political and otherwise. - Irrespective of whether early termination is possible. For three major reasons, ISOC's position is that the JPA should continue until its end in 2009 so that ICANN can prepare itself for private sector management. Briefly those reasons are: (1) ICANN has done a lot in the first half of the JPA with respect to advancing work on the JPA responsibilities in areas such as transparency, to making progress in other key areas such as IDNs, and working to improve stability and security. The next 18 months will be an opportunity to put these into operation and ensure that the new mechanisms are adequate to meet community expectations. This is essential for the stability of the organization post-JPA, and is central to strong engaged community support – a central tenet of the private sector model envisaged for ICANN. (2) ICANN needs to develop a vision or plan for what it will look like and how it will work without the US government oversight. This will need community support and buy-in and must be developed within ICANN's processes, following principles of openness, transparency and accountability. The community needs to understand how ICANN plans to operate and evolve in the absence of the USG oversight role. That needs to be elaborated & test-driven over the next year(s) in order to be credible, to gain support, and before various constituencies should be comfortable with ending the JPA. (3) In the 2006 DoC proceedings, both ISOC and IAB strongly expressed the need for all parties to recognize that the protocol parameter function carried out by ICANN is on behalf of and performed fully under the IETF's direction. ICANN's responsibilities for these assignments is therefore different from ICANN's other responsibilities within the IANA function. In the next 18 months, concrete steps must be taken to recognize this, and to ensure that the IETF's protocol parameter needs will continue to be met to its satisfaction, regardless of any changes that may be made in ICANN's relationship with the DoC. The deadline for making the formal submission to the US government is February 15, and this summary of our position is provided as background for our discussions during the ICANN meeting. I am aware that some Chapters and individual members have already made submissions to the DoC – some not entirely agreement with the position we are planning to put forward. I think it will be important for ISOC members speaking publicly in Delhi to identify themselves and make it clear that they speak on their own or their Chapter's behalf. If you do not agree with the formal ISOC position outlined above, I would also encourage you to state that as well. Because of the short time remaining before the deadline for comments, I don't think it will be possible to engage in discussion on the chapter delegates' list. But I look forward to meeting many of you at ICANN and welcome any comments you may want to email me off list at graham(a)isoc.org. Best wishes Bill ======================== Bill Graham Global Strategic Engagement The Internet Society graham(a)isoc.org tel +1.613.231.8543 _______________________________________________ Chapter-delegates mailing list Chapter-delegates(a)elists.isoc.org http://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/chapter-delegates ============= end ============= Regards -- Leslie Allinson leslie.allinson(a)gmail.com PO Box 3153 Tel: +679 3363753 Lami, Fiji Islands Mob: +679 9970905 Honorary Treasurer, PICISOC -------------------------------------------------------------------

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